Most Bangaloreans are already aware of this excellent Airport service provided by the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) but, this blog is for the benefit of those tourists visiting this garden city.

Most of us living in Bangalore may not appreciate the efforts put in by BMTC to keep this service going since most of these buses run half full. We also tend to underestimate the convenience this service offers us until it’s take away. The best part is that these buses run at half hr intervals 24 hrs a day with 1 hr interval post 1.30am up to 4.30am due to low traffic.

With air travel becoming the norm for long distance travel, we have been using this bus service to ferry our friends, relatives and clients regularly and they all love it. These buses are punctual, clean, comfortable, reliable and most importantly, they are cheap. This is the cheapest mode of transport to and from the airport which is located about 36 kms from the city centre.

Bus bay at the Bangalore International Airport

An average ticket is priced between Rs 150 to Rs 250 ($2.5 – $4) for an A/c Volvo coach depending on the distance traveled, while a Meru Cab or Ola Cab would cost between Rs 600 to Rs 1,100 ($10 – $18) for the same distance. So if you are a group of three or over four members, it makes sense to use the bus (since a cab can carry only 4 people).

There are 11 routes which span across the city to reach every corner with designated pick up points. You can even source the mobile number of the bus conductor from the BMTC control room or at your nearest bus depot who will tell you exactly when the bus would arrive at your stop.

When the airport was inaugurated, most travelers complained about the distance and the infrastructure and said that Hyderabad airport was better in every count. But today, the connectivity that Bangalore airport has to the city is much better than Hyderabad (which is also located about 40kms from the city) or any other airport in India. Today, these Volvo buses even ferry non airport travelers who either travel to their work place or home which has helped increase revenues for the department.

You will find a detailed table of various bus routes the moment you get out of the airport at the bus bay or at the link below. The link below will help you with options such as bus timings, pick up points and rates for different locations.

Alternate modes of transport include certified Airport A/c cabs (Meru Cabs – 080 44224422, Mega Cabs – 080 47474747, Ola Cabs – 080 33553355, TaxiForSure – 080 60601010, Uber – via the app) which are also available right outside the airport & will pick you up from any part of the city. These cabs are metered and will provide a bill at the end of your journey. Fares vary from Rs 14/km for Indica vehicles (from TaxiForSure) and go upto Rs 20/km. You will also need to pay a toll of Rs 115 on your way back to the city from the airport.

For safety reasons, do not engage with the local touts who are always trying to fleece unsuspecting travelers landing in Bangalore.

hey everybody, can anybody tell about the bus which runs in the morning my flight will be landing at around 3.20 am. I guess half an hour will be required to come out after checking. is there any bus to jayanagar 5th block at around 4 am. what will be fare like and in what time i will reach there?
please help me out

Himanshu,
As per my knowledge, there is a 1 hr break in service between 4 – 5am but the buses will be waiting at the bay for passengers to board and wait. Guess the rules might have changed now. Take BIAL Route No 5 to 5th Block Jayanagar or BIAL No 12 upto 4th Blk Jayanagar. The charge is Rs 150/-

@ Mee – This service is awesome and totally reliable.
They cover almost every part of Bangalore with multiple buses covering central areas like St Marks Rd, Raj Bhavan, Mekhri Circle & Hebbal Junction. All we need to do is identify their pick up points from a particular area.

@Deepak – The Volvo bus take the outer ring rd which is bit longer but faster and will reach Electronic City in about 2 hrs. Guess the cab will reach there in 1hr 45mins hrs but will cost you much much more. You will need to take Route No 8 to get to your destination. Pls refer link above.

hey, i checked out on the internet the schedule of the airport shuttle but just wanted to clarify that these busses do ply in the night too? i gotta take a flight 6 in the morning so will probably have to catch a shuttle of arnd 3am. sure they wont leave me stranded ?

Ashish, These buses are quite regular and do stick to the timings but for the odd breakdowns. So if you are not comfortable, do visit your local bus depot & get the schedule checked and carry the depot mobile number. From them you can obtain the mobile number of the driver / conductor of that particular bus a day before the journey and tell them about your pickup point.

I took the Bus from Hebbal (Columbia Asia) to Indiranagar 80′ Road where my office is at 7:30 and I reached office exactly at 8:00 AM, the fare was only Rs. 40/- much lesser than commuting by car and I was more relaxed.

The driver and Conductor were polite and gave me lots of tips which I can follow.

Every one using the car should stop and try this out really it’s worth.

I am a huge fan of Volvos. In 2005 (If I am not mistaken) Bangalore was the first city in India to get these hotties or should I say hunks to get on the road for public use! I was in Bangalore at that time and have enjoyed the service… We in Mumbai recently got the Volvos under the NMMT (Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation Transportation), Navi Mumbai is a suburb of Mumbai.

I had come to Bangalore this month and was glad to see the Volvos lined up at the airport!

Trust me folks BMTC has a huge number of Volvos and the provide you with the best of the service by connecting most of the City.

With reference to your mail, this is to inform that,there is a scheduled bus stop in Esteem Mall near Columbia Asia Hospital. The concerned depot authority has been directed to look into this and to initiate necessary action ..

With regards

CTM(O)
BMTC
2009/9/28 Murugan

Dear Sir

I used to use my car to my office from my House which is in Hebbal Kempapura, (near Columbia Asia Hospital) and my Office is in 80 Feet Road Indiranagar, last 3 days I have started taking the BIAS Volvo bus and is really very good.

Today when I took the 7:30AM bus (BIAS 4)from Columbia Asia Hospital, the conductor told me that from tomorrow I have to take the bus from Hebbal near Baptist Hospital and not from Columbia Asia Hospital, is it true and please let me know how to sort this problem, going all the way to Hebbal is not easy and I will have to take a Auto.

I work for Columbia Asia Hospital’s Corporate office which is in Indiranagar.

Dear friends,
Can someone please help me with the volvo bus timings from marathalli to bangalore new airport. I have a flight at 11am in the morning. Please suggest me the contact info as well as bus pick up points and time it takes to reach the airport.
Help please

@Aanchal, We have some suggestions already posted in one of the comments. There is one starting from HSR BDA Complex and you can refer the official BMTC link posted in the comments section for timings.

@Jack, Shantinagar Bus stand is a major junction for many routes and u’ll find once bus coming thru every 10 – 15 mins.

@Karthik, There is one Route 8 from Electronic City that crosses marathalli underbridge and you can also catch another route from outside the Old Airport.

Thanks for all your wonderful information provided here, could any of you let me know if we need to book a ticket in advance to Travel in the BIAS buses from the Airport to other places? If so how do I get these tickets booked is there any chance that I could purchase a ticket in the bus from the conductor?

Thanks Max.. and you dont’ need to book the ticket in advance. Just get out of the airport and look for the City bus sign. U can pickup the ticket from the conductor on board and will cost you from Rs 120 to 180 depending on the distance.

Hello all
I am living girinagar
i got a flight at 9:00 am on 26th oct
i need to reach BIAL by 8am
can u pls tel me which bus i can catch
i hav heard dat route num 11, ie bias 11 takes me der, but i wanna kno its schedule from PESIT coll to BIAL,
kindly help

hi.. i’m am an engg. student studying in RV college of engineering, Mysore road, Bangalore. So i wanted to know the bmtc volvo service that will take to a nearest point to my college from the Bangalore international airport.

thouse who only see the short comings af these services, please correct yourselves, I stay in Mysore and my job calls for extensive traveling, these buses are so comfortable and predictable, we always take bus from Mysore to bangalore and then an other bus to airport, it work out in just 20% cost of any low cost taxy.

it is a great service and the staff of these busus are very kind and some times gives stops where ever you want while coming back from Airport.

@ Deepika – As per our knowledge the travel time still remains the same but the bus timings for your route might have changed to accomodate passengers and flight timings. Its better for your to take Route 5 or Route 12 from Jayanagar 4th Block bus stand where the frequency is much higher.

I live in C.v Raman Nagar and I need to reach the airport tomorrow 12:30 PM. Please suggest me the closest pick up point from CV Raman nagar that I can get to. BEML Gate and HAL Airports are close from my place. I believe I need to board the bus at 8:30 …

Recently I travelled from BIAS to Jayanagar 4th Block. The ticket rates were 150/- from BIAS to Jaynagar 4th Block till 1st December 2009. When I came on 9th December the bus conductor demanded 165/- rupees for the same destination. The information cell told me 150/- and the conductor is charging 165/-. I went to the Information cell and asked him the same question, the guy sitting in the info cell looked at the conductor and I dunno wht gesture they had between them and then suddenly this guy is telling the rates are changed…..
This is ridiculous……….There should be some website where the rates to particular stops must be displayed.

@Jamie – Thanks for your wishes
@Prasada – We do not provide info on bus routes in the city, however, the link provided in the blog will give you an idea.
@Sachin – Thanks for raising this issue.. as per our knowledge the rates are still Rs 150, the guy must have tired to cheat you. We will be careful while travelin next

hi everybody,
can anybody tell about the bus which runs in the morning, my flight will be landing at around 4 am. I guess half an hour will be required to come out after checking. is there any bus to reach KR Puram,Tin Factory at around 4 am.
please help me out

@ Avani, These buses do not need to be booked in advance. Just hop on and purchase your ticket. You will find links to the BMTC website on this blog page which contains timings and routes for the various airport bus

@Others, It is quite shocking to notice that most of the comments posted here have requests for bus routes. Does anyone actually even reads thru these blogs?? cos if they did they would find the link to the website which contains these information.

@Pranav – since 5pm is peak time, you will need 2hrs to reach the airport. Suggest you take the road through the city (Mysore rd, town hall, cubbon park, Le Meridian, mekhri circle, hebbal, airport) since it might be bit faster.

The BMTC website isnt wrking. so unable to get the timings of vaayu vajra… can anyone tell the timings of buses to BIAL from E-City and from Jayanagar 4th block?
my frnd has to leave frm E-city and I have to catch a bus at 4th block and our flight is in the evening at 8 pm …

I have my flight at 6:45am in the morn from banglore. Can someone please tell me if there is any pick up from SONY WORLD junction , koramangala at around 2am to 3am and the frequency of the buses so early in the morning. The link mentioned above is not working,Can someone help me out.kindly confirm me the timing

I am not sure to accept the article or not since..if you see in the timings most of the routes there are no bus available from night till morning 7. For eg to electronic city the only bus from BIAL starts at 7 am before which there is a single bus at 12.00. Wherein most International flights arrive between 12-3. So how do these people commute is still a mystery. Even if they take Bial bus from in between how do they go to another place take auto???.

@Praveen – There are two routes No 6 and No 4 which go via photo flash and Lake Side hospital near Frazer town and stops in front of HDFC Bank. Think that’s the best place for u to catch one.

@Siva – I agree with you comment partly since most of the routes still have buses plying at nite. Only the less popluar routes they have cut down at nite.
Best thing to do is get upto the Double Rd (KH Rd) bus stand by auto / meru cab / easy cab and catch the bus from there. You will get Route 5, 12 and 7 from there.

I have my flight at 9am in the morn from banglore. Can someone please tell me if there is any pick up from SONY WORLD junction , koramangala at around 6am and the frequency of the buses so early in the morning. The link mentioned above is not working,Can someone please shed some light.

i want to catch bangalore to bhubameswar flight ,my arrival time is 6:45 morning ,so most probably i will start at 2:00 or 3:00 ,can you suggest me which one the closest root from kormangala ,can you provide me timing details for that root

I have my flight at 6:45am in the morn from banglore. Can someone please tell me if there is any pick up from SONY WORLD junction , koramangala at around 2am to 3am and the frequency of the buses so early in the morning. The link mentioned above is not working,Can someone help me out.

This Bus service is a BIG Relief …… Its Safe , Secure N in every way Reliable ..Namma Bengaluru .. N Above that i was searching for a site with a detailed information about the Airport buses routes & timings ..This Site is very well maintained & informed , It was of a Great Help ..Thanks & Regards

BMTC offers good service to airport and from airport, But if you have luggage. Then always better hire taxi in Bangalore. May be they charge more than Bus, But it is comfortable. If you have a 3-4 members then it is same like bus according to the fare

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